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Survey of English Place-Names

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Alms Grove, Alms Grove Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Tyneham

Historical Forms

  • Ames Grove (Wd) 1841 TA

Etymology

, Ames Grove (Wd )1841TA , from a surname with grāf(a) , geat ; this gate , like Maiden's Grave Gate infra , is at a point where the road running along the top of the Purbeck ridge meets the Tyneham - Steeple bdy , cf. also Lawford Sheard Gate infra .